The only thing you can give an elder who has no use for things, is yourself. 

Somnath Kakade, the maker of Tablas for Maestros, at his shop, in Pune. 

Somnath says, “When musical notes approach the high point of perfection, the strings of the musical instrument will break, their purpose fulfilled. It is the same with the Tabla. It explodes once it has given of itself, to that one perfect performance”.

Village elders meet by the Lotus pond at Kuilapalayam village, Tamilnadu